Modelling alternative strategies for delivering hepatitis B vaccine in prisons: the impact on the vaccination coverage of the injecting drug user population.
Epidemiol Infect
; 136(12): 1644-9, 2008 Dec.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18346286
ABSTRACT
Since 2001 hepatitis B vaccination has been offered to prisoners on reception into prisons in England and Wales. However, short campaigns of vaccinating the entire population of individual prisons have achieved high vaccination coverage for limited periods, suggesting that short campaigns may be a preferable way of vaccinating prisoners. A model is used that describes the flow of prisoners through prisons stratified by injecting status to compare a range of vaccination scenarios that describe vaccination on prison reception or via regular short campaigns. Model results suggest that vaccinating on prison reception can capture a greater proportion of the injecting drug user (IDU) population than the comparable campaign scenarios (63% vs. 55.6% respectively). Vaccination on prison reception is also more efficient at capturing IDUs for vaccination than vaccination via a campaign, although vaccination via campaigns may have a role with some infections for overall control.
Full text:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Health context:
2_ODS3
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4_TD
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Prisons
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Prisoners
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Models, Statistical
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Hepatitis B Vaccines
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Immunization Programs
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Drug Users
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Hepatitis B
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Epidemiol Infect
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article